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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. i. MAY H, 190*.

used elsewhere. It appears from variou commentaries that the prayer in questior dates from 1552 in its present form. I shouk be glad to learn of the earliest trace of th phrase, and its original, which is presumablj Greek or Latin. Imayadd thatlhave consultec 'The Teacher's Prayer-Book,' 'The Prayer Book, its History,' <fec., by Evan Daniel, anc ' Proctor on the Book of Common Prayer ' in vain for light on the point. HIPPOCLIDES.

AUTHORSHIP OF LINES. What is the author ship of the following (I am quoting from memory, and I am afraid I have not got th lines quite accurately) ?

Crime enough is there in this city dark. Go ! get thee back unto thy fellow-men, And make thy gold thy vassal, not thy king: And fling free alms into the beggar's bowl ; And bring the day into the darkened heart. It is rather Tennysonian.

Who is the author of the line ?

Thou hast conquered, pale Galilaean. Of course I know Julian's original " Vicisti, Galilsee." GEO. BEN. DOUGHTY.

[The latter is from Mr. Swinburne's ' Hymn to Proserpine ' : ' Poems and Ballads,' First Ser. p. 7.]

" THE RUN OF HIS TEETH." This phrase is current in conversation, especially in con- nexion with the appointment of a club secretary who has an annual income and the right to take his meals in the house. Has it appeared in print 1 Has it a history ? When was it first used ? H. T.

'THE BAILIFF'S DAUGHTER OF ISLINGTON.' I want to know all there is to be known about this ballad, and shall be glad of any informa- tion. What is its date 1 Is it founded on fact ? Where are the best complete versions to be found ? or can any reader give one ? Is there a history of Islington ? OXSHOTT. , JWe can only advise you to consult Percy's K, e liqiies, m. 177, Ritson's 'Ancient Songs,' ii. 134, and Child s' English and Scottish Ballads,' iv. 158, in all of which it will be found. If you supplied an address for publication, you would probably have a copy sent you. It is too long for our columns. The 8FIHHS 1 to tle, is 'True Love Requited; or, the Bailiffs Daughter of Islington.' The books we mention are in most good public libraries.]

COFFIN HOUSE. In King Street, Brixham, here stands a detached house, bearing a sign with the following inscription :" Ye Olde Coffin House. Only one in England." it is built m the shape of a coffin hence, I presume, its designation. All the informa- tion i could gam on the spot was that it was reputed to be upwards of 600 years old, and to _ have been the first house in which the rrmce of Orange stayed after he lauded at

Brixham Harbour. If there is any further information available I should be glad to have it. A. J. DAVY.

Torquay.

EASTER SUNDAY IN 1512 AND 1513. Will some one be good enough to tell me upon what dates (O.S.) Easter fell in the years 1512 and 1513 ? Also, what would be the anniversary date (N.S.) of Easter in the latter year?

I think, but am not sure, that in 1513 Easter may have come on 27 March (O.S.). If the Gregorian calendar had then been in use, would that date have been, or would its proper anniversary now be, 6 April or 8 April ? I should put it as 6 April, arguing that, as the Julian calendar was then ten days behind true time, the same difference of ten days would continue through all anni- versary days. But a valuable reference book issued late in the last century gh es the date of a certain event as Easter Sunday, 8 April, 1513. If I am right as to the O.S. date of Easter in that year, the error of twelve days which had accrued before 1900 must have been counted. Another book gives the date of the same event as Easter Sunday, 1512

M. C. L. New York.

IBERIAN INSCRIPTIONS IN HIBERNIA. The
 * radition that the people of Eireland, or

Hibernia, once came from the Iberian peninsula is very ancient. Has any coin or ither object bearing an Iberian inscription aeen discovered in the soil, or inside any bit of an old ruin, in Eireland ? Has an essay 3een published on the resemblance in form of and the Runic alphabets 1
 * he Iberian letters to those of the Etruscan

E. S. DODGSON.

THE ARMSTRONG GUN. Can any reader dentify the Mr. H. Drake frequently 'eferred to in the Western and other papers as the original inventor of a cannon which was rejected by the Committee of Defence, and afterwards adopted under the name oi 'Armstrong"? W. H. H.

MARTYRDOM OF ST. THOMAS. Will any of

our readers kindly refer me to a list or

)artial list, or even a single example, of

incient pictorial representations of the

martyrdom of St. Thomas of Canterbury, in

he form of stained windows, frescoes, illu-

ninations in missals, ike., stating if still in

xistence, if accessible, and in what state of

(reservation ?

I also desire lists of churches, chapels 1 , hantries, &c., now or sometime dedicated to